3.1 Colonies Coming of Age

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Gave legitimacy to the ruling class.

Placed limits on the power of the ruler

There was no significance.

Placed limits on the military.

The colonist considered themselves British subjects and believed in they were entitled to the rights outlined in the Magna Carta

The rights of the Magna Carta influenced only the upper class of England.

The rights established by the Magna Carta were considered the foundation of English law.

The Colonist payed little to no attention to the rights outlined in the Magna Carta

The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 Colonist while they sailed the Atlantic Ocean.

The Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 Colonist in Plymouth.

The Mayflower Compact was signed in England

The Mayflower Compact was signed by everyone on board the Mayflower as it sailed to the "New World."

The English Bill of Rights only gave rights to the monarch.

The English Bill of Rights only influenced the citizens of England who lived in England.

The English Bill of Rights had little to no influence over the Colonist.

The colonist were British citizens and therefore well aware of the basic "rights". They included many of these rights when the "Bill of Rights" was added to the new Constitution.

The House of Burgesses was America's first representative governing body.

The House of Burgesses was the first type of government where women's vote counted

The House of Burgesses was the first town meeting

The House of Burgesses was the first continental government.

Only men could vote so many colonist were left on the sidelines.

Colonist started to believe that their local elected representatives were more relevant than the monarch.

Most colonist did not participate in politics, they just wanted to farm their land and enjoy religious freedom.

The colonists enjoyed voting for their friends.

The Great Awakening was led by two former enslaved people.

The Great Awakening was a religious movement that spread throughout the colonies from 1730s to 1770s.

The Great Awakening was a political movement that many men followed.

The Great Awakening was in opposition to catholicism.

People began to question the established religious institutions and this led to an open mindset to question the current political situation of British rule.

The Great Awakening had little to no influence on the colonist.

The Great Awakening made the enslaved people uprise against their white masters.

The Great Awakening occurred Monday mornings in the one room school houses.

The Native Americans traded only with France under the system of "mercantilism".

This is an economic term.

The countries of Europe competed for profits and wealth.

Britain and France were locked in an economic battle for dominion in North America.

These laws helped the captains of the ships "Navigate" the shallow harbors of the east coast.

Britain made these laws to prevent any of their colonies from trading with other European countries.

They are way too complicated to explain so I am not going to try.

Laws that Britain made the colonist pay extra taxes on their goods coming and leaving any American ports.

The Navigation Acts were strictly enforced causing many uprisings in the colonies.

The Navigation Acts were very difficult to enforce because of the many ports across the seas. This led the colonist to get use to having little control by the British.

The Navigation Acts looked good on paper and made the politicians feel very good about themselves but they were ultimately ignored.

No one paid attention to these laws until one day many colonist lost their entire year's harvest.

British, French , Spanish, and Russian

Canada, Spanish, French, Russian

Portugal, Netherlands, Spanish, and British

British, French, Spanish, Irish

The British and the French

Canadians and the Americans

British and the Iroquois

French and the Huron Indian Tribe